Practitioner Series: A Measurement Framework for Assessment and Prediction

Nance, Richard E.; Arthur, James D.

This is one of the shorter books in the 21 volume Practitioner Book Series, but this is entirely appropriate for a text on the ubiquitous topic of Quality. The book is written in a concise, precise no-nonsense style by two interna­ tional authors. They are supported in their approach by relevant personal practical experience and by peer-review of other researchers obtained whilst disseminating their research in the academic literature. The authors base their book around their Objective/Principles/ Attributes (OPA) Framework, developed in the first place for assessment and prediction of software quality. After OPA was developed as a procedure for evaluating software development methodologies, it was expanded to include software quality measurement with the inclusion of statistical indicators and a systematic basis for deriving them. The OPA is an holistic approach to soft­ ware quality and prediction. The approach has been validated through experience gained on a 4-year on-site project, which has also led to improve­ ments to the framework.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2002-03-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781852333935

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0117-8

Dimensions: 235cm x191cm

Pages: 126